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Tokyo, November 25, 2011 --- Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE:HIT/TSE:6501) today announced the following executive change and organization change. The appointments take effect on January 1, 2012.

1. Executive Change

Resignation [Effective December 31, 2011]

Yoshito Tsunoda, currently Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, President & CEO of Battery Systems Company

2. Organization Change [Effective January 1, 2012]

Hitachi will eliminate Battery Systems Company.

About Hitachi, Ltd.

Hitachi, Ltd., (NYSE: HIT / TSE: 6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global electronics company with approximately 360,000 employees worldwide. Fiscal 2010 (ended March 31, 2011) consolidated revenues totaled 9,315 billion yen ($112.2 billion). Hitachi will focus more than ever on the Social Innovation Business, which includes information and telecommunication systems, power systems, environmental, industrial and transportation systems, and social and urban systems, as well as the sophisticated materials and key devices that support them. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company's website at http://www.hitachi.com.

in charge of Power Systems Business, Industrial & Social Systems Business, Transportation Systems Business, Urban Planning and Development Systems Business and Defense Systems Business

Junzo Nakajima

Representative Executive Officer,

Executive Vice President and Executive Officer,

in charge of Information & Telecommunication Business, Information & Control Systems Business and Information Technology,

Hitachi Group Chief Innovation Officer, Hitachi Group Chief Information Security Officer and General Manager of Smart City Business Management Division

Takashi Miyoshi

Representative Executive Officer,

Executive Vice President and Executive Officer,

in charge of Management Strategy, Finance and Corporate Pension System

Nobuo Mochida

Representative Executive Officer,

Executive Vice President and Executive Officer,

in charge of High Functional Materials & Components, Production Engineering,

Battery Systems Business

and Automotive Systems Business,

General Manager of Corporate Quality Assurance Division and Chairman of the Board of

Hitachi Metals, Ltd.

Kazuhiro Mori

Representative Executive Officer,

Executive Vice President and Executive Officer,

in charge of Sales Operations, Hitachi Group Global Business, Medical Systems Business and Business Incubation and General Manager of

Corporate Export Regulation Division

Shigeru Azuhata

Senior Vice President and Executive Officer,

in charge of Environmental Strategies,

Hitachi Group Chief Technology Officer, Hitachi Group Chief Environmental Strategy Officer, General Manager of Research & Development Group, Supervisory Office for Business Coordination and Corporate Healthcare Group, Deputy General Manager of Water Environment Solutions Division

Shinjiro Iwata

Senior Vice President and Executive Officer,

President & CEO of Information & Telecommunication Systems Company

Makoto Ebata

Senior Vice President and Executive Officer,

in charge of Procurement,

General Manager of Consumer Business Division

and Hitachi Group Chief Transformation Officer

Toshiaki Kuzuoka

Senior Vice President and Executive Officer,

in charge of Human Capital, Government & External Relations and Corporate Auditing,